The Truth About Libya (Page 2)

Animal Lover
Animal Lover: To the person who mentioned Somalia, the reason for the interference in Libya is that it is just across the Med from Europe and we have enough immigrants as it is without refugees from Libya as well.
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dave3974
dave3974: ah well i got it wrong gaddafi is a good guy , the secret police , torture and genocide are made up .
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StuckInTheSixties
StuckInTheSixties: Genocide is a word that shouldn't be tossed around so blithely.

Of course, Gaddafi is anything but a good guy ...

Murder, terrorism, torture, repression, etc. ... yes.

Genocide ... no.
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dave3974
dave3974: how many does it take to call it genocide , what do you think will happen if nato does nothing , gaddafi is a butcher
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StuckInTheSixties
StuckInTheSixties: The concept of "genocide" isn't a matter of numbers (although in the cases of actual genocide, there are usually huge numbers of victims). And I'm neither arguing that Gaddafi isn't a "butcher," nor that without NATO intervention, he wouldn't have laid waste to Benghazi. I'm simply objecting to your inaccurate usage of the word "genocide." It's a word that shouldn't be bandied about so easily. Doing so cheapens that concept, and lessens the gravity of the charge when it is actually warranted.

Perhaps this will clarify:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide

"Genocide is defined as 'the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group' ..."

What Gaddafi is doing does not fit that description.

Your usage of the term appears to come from this sort of "logic":

~ What Gaddafi is doing is bad.
~ Genocide is bad.
~ Therefore, Gaddafi is committing genocide.

It's kind of like the way people throw around the word "rape." Doing that lessens the gravity of the actual act, and demeans the victims of actual rapes.

Genocide is arguably the worst of all human crimes. The term shouldn't be carelessly used. Doing so demeans the victims of actual genocide.
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Itachi-Uchiha
Itachi-Uchiha: Rebel.. Sounds like a nice life there.. other then the fact that Mu'ammar Gadhafi, your dictator over there, is killing off his own people in masses... but hey after your governemt kills off the citizens in that area there will be free health care to help those in need.
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Animal Lover
Animal Lover: Chrono - no I don't wonder why the people are protesting in Libya. I was being sarcastic to Rebel.
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dave3974
dave3974: rebel you are probably getting a great handout from the british taxpayer , i bet you look at the free loading you could benifit from in libya with envy -believe me gaddafi is wrong
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